Beyond Bloody Rare: A Guide to All Rares

Meet Ashelia and Perculia. They collect things and camp rares. Ashelia once spent seventy-two hours camping Aotona for Raro não... Extinto!. Perculia, drawn to the quirky and absurd, has a crush on Burgy Cordisnero--if only he wasn't a ghost and a gnome.

It seems sort of natural, then, that for this weekend's guide we're all about rares. We've combed the database looking for rares, talked amongst ourselves, and then Perculia's made sense of our findings by writing up detailed explanations. The end result is that now there's a giant guide of every rare in the game worth camping. So while Ashelia is camping for a camel deep in Uldum and as Perculia almost considers camping Aeonaxx, you can read this guide and join in on the insanity.

Before you get started, make sure to download addons like NPCScan to see all rares in the game. It's literally essential for finding some of these, especially a Estátua de Camelo Misteriosa which are no longer targetable making them hard to spot.

Do note, however, that this guide won't cover ones that drop negligible items for the most part. But if it's worth camping because it has a unique model for a Caçador to tame or a rare item that collectors would pine for, this guide will have it.

Cataclysm Rares

One of the more iconic zones in Cataclysm, Geodomo is an area known for Therazane dailies more than anything else. But it's also home to several rares, including two of the most famous ones.

Aeonaxx flies around the center of Deepholm as a friendly NPC, the mate of Aeosera (who you may remember from Golpe ressoante). He's neither ground nor sky level; he flies around parallel to the middle of the temple. He only becomes hostile once you engage him which you do so by mounting him. Once mounted, he flies around and attempts to knock you off while whelplings attack you. It's an easy fight at level 85, but if you're below the level, consider being nice and not engaging--if you die, disconnect, or otherwise fail the encounter, he'll despawn.

Aeonaxx's spawn rates are still a debate months later; the only confirmed piece of data is that he seems to share spawns with Busca-sangue, a level 15 non-elite bat. So if you see the bat, RNG is against you and that could have been the dragon if you were a bit luckier. For people's kill stories and speculations, the Aeonaxx kill and sighting thread at Wowhead's own forums is a great place to read.

Jadefang is a rare with two purposes: it is a unique model tameable by a Caçador and it also drops a vanity pet. Luckily for both parties who may be tempted to camp this NPC, it's on a relatively quick spawn timer that's much more reliable than other rares. Its spawn timer seems to be anywhere from six hours to twenty-four hours, frequently varying, but never longer than that.

The only difficult part of this rare is actually getting to it. The spider resides deep in the underground caves of Deepholm on a ledge inaccessible to most players. There are several creative ways to get on the ledge, however. The intended way is to pick up Economia subterrânea which gives you Bombas da Ricket. Set the bombs on a stone near the ledge with your back facing the ledge entrance--you will get blasted backwards onto the ledge. It will take a couple times to position yourself correctly, but is relatively easy otherwise.

Of course, if you don't have the appropriate reputation or if the daily isn't available, you can also try a couple other tricks. For starters, you can kill yourself on the ledge by luring an enemy there; once dead, you should be able to fly back there and get onto the ledge. Another way, albeit more desperate, is to disconnect your router or modem while flying straight into the cave. The cave eventually dismounts you, but if you are disconnecting this is slower, so if angled correctly you should be able to fly right to the ledge while disconnected. It's also worth mentioning that others may have saved the daily and their bombs can help you. Goblin racials also work for rocket jumping up.

Terborus is a gyreworm that spawns directly to the west of the entrance to the Crumbling Depths. He's much larger than the other worms in the area and also has a golden hue. He's an easy fight and drops ilvl 346 bracers for your troubles.

Xariona spawns just above where Aeonaxx spawns, flying at the top of the temple in a circle. She is a world boss rare that drops an epic, a watered-down version of the original green dragons and Azuregos. Instead of 40 players, however, this NPC only takes 5 or so to defeat.

The dragon is on the timers of the world bosses in general and isn't tied to other rares in the zone. It doesn't require much of a strategy, beyond standing in Zona Crepuscular when it is put on the ground to avoid taking colossal amounts of damage. Most groups, however, won't even encounter the need for this due to how quickly the mob will die. In addition to dropping her special epic, she also drops a random ilvl 359 BoE and a rare pattern.

Compromised of three smaller zones, Vashj'ir sends you deep into the seas of Azeroth. It contains a wide array of rares--from a tribute to Lady Gaga to a seahorse that sells for tens of thousands of gold on the auction house, there's a little bit of everything to discover under its deceptively calm waters.

In the depths of the Vastidão Cintilante there's a ghostly gnome that few rare hunters know about; more often than not, he's taken down by someone looking for a certain seahorse. Burgy Blackheart is quite a notable rare, however, as he has a 100% droprate of a pirate's hat that turns you into a spitting image of himself without cooldown when equipped. This hat also has no level requirements, making it quite the find for bank alt aficionados.

This gnome seems to be on a common spawn timer--he can show up anywhere from six to twenty-four hours from the time he was last killed and is up more often than not. He also only has one spawn place, next to his sunken ship, Diane's Fancy.

Captain Florence and Captain Foulwind are two disappointingly useless rares. They will frequently set rare tracking mods off and get your hopes up for naught as they have no special drops besides a couple of gold, not even a blue. It's worth noting that they are above the waves, standing proudly on their respective faction's ships. You also can't attack the one affiliated with your faction (Foulwind for the Horde and Florence for the Alliance).

If you see one of these NPCs, consider doing the lower level players a favor by leaving him up as they do give some nice experience. That's all anyone can get out of these captains, anyway.

Find everyone's favorite crab taking long walks on the underground beach in the Abyssal Depths. This spectral crab pays homage to Ghostcrawler, the bringer of bad news and class nerfs to angry players on the forums. While he'll cast Tacada Nerfante, it won't break your tame and it won't wreck your class for the next 6 months. Any QQ is not his fault.

A tribute to Lady Gaga, Lady La-La reigns supreme in the south end of Floresta Kelp'thar looking like Lady Vashj with a little added flair--she's wearing Óculos Gnômicos de Raios-X--to emulate the real world star's iconic attire. She drops her staple trinket every time and is extremely easy to kill; her two abilities parodies of her real life songs, so you'd best watch out as she can catch you in a Maré de Romance.

She remains stationary to her spot and is a common spawn it seems, much like Burgy Blackheart or other rares of that caliber.

One of the world bosses, Mobus roams high above the whirlpool leading to Throne of the Tides. He drops a ilvl 359 BoE and a rare recipe in addition to his signature weapon. He puts up a fun but easy fight--swimming plays an important role in this fight. When Rastro is cast, all players should swim down to avoid it, and when Aríete is cast, the tank should swim down to avoid this frontal cone. Enfurecer can be removed normally and Algas works like green fire--get out of it.

Rule the seas with this awesome mount. Poseidus can be elusive to find, so we've got a whole thread dedicated to tracking him here. Spawning at one of five locations in either the Shimmering Expanse or the Abyssal Depths, there's a chance he might not even spawn every reset. In addition to dropping his sweet mount that works in all bodies of water, he drops an ilvl 359 epic BoE and a rare recipe.

Poseidus tends to swim higher than most NPCs in Vash'jir so a good technique is to fly above the water.

Shok'sharak is a level 82 mob by the Scalding Chasm in the Abyssal Depths that drops ilvl 346 boots--a pretty good deal. He's a Faceless One in flamboyant red armor that casts a few easy abilities--Colisão de Sombras, Nova Sombria, and Açoite Mental.

The conflict between Ragnaros and the Guardians of Hyjal heats up in 4.2, as level 85 players return to this starting zone to further protect this sacred zone. In 4.2, there's an exciting array of tamable pets to be found in the zone, as well as useful BoEs from both old and new NPCs.

Ankha (Spirit Beast)

Ankha, a non-aggressive spirit beast, is a spectral cat located in the Regrowth in Mount Hyjal. This looks like a reskin of Gondria with a white body and black stripes. Ankha is immune to all CC and is buffed with Cutelo de Metal--this increases the player's damage taken based on their armor rating. So, take off all your gear with armor and tame Ankha, or else be one-shot.

Ban'thalos (Spirit Beast)

Ban'thalos, a non-aggressive spirit beast ghost owl, paths by the Sanctuary of Malorne in Mount Hyjal. The challenge is that Ban'thalos flies around extremely high up (and rumor has it he'll be relocated even higher on live servers), so be prepared to take fall damage or position yourself on a convenient ledge. When aggroed, Ban'thalos attacks with Luz da Lua Severa.

Everyone wishes this NPC would drop a look-alike mount. Blazewing, while categorized as an elemental and therefore untameable, looks very similar to the Cinzas de Al'ar with a golden body and fiery wings. He flies around central Hyjal, to the east of the Regrowth. As a level 81 mob dropping ilvl 346 pants that are great for druids, he's fairly easy to kill--just remember not to let Golpes Flamejantes stack too high.

Garr seems to have survived several years of attacks in Núcleo Derretido: he shows up to the west of the Sulfuron Spire with even his posse of mini rock elementals. He's on a general world boss timer unlike the other rares in Hyjal; he also has a similar loot table to the other world bosses. In addition to dropping Garr's Girdle of Reinforced Memories, he is guaranteed to drop an additional ilvl 359 BoE and a rare BoE pattern.

You only need 5 people to kill Garr: the fight references elements of the original encounter in Molten Core. He periodically casts Pulso Antimagia which removes one buff, slows down your party with Grilhões de Magma, and casts Grande Erupção which you must run out of to survive. His adds can be pulled separately and do a smaller version of this AoE explosion.

Magria (Spirit Beast)

Magria, a non-aggressive spirit beast, is also located in the Regrowth in Mount Hyjal along with Anhka. Just like taming Anhka, you will need to remove your armor to tame this spirit beast or get one-shot. Out of the spectral tigers, Magria looks the most distinctive with a blue body and black stripes.

Terrorpene is a cuddly fiery turtle that just wants to be your friend. Located in the lava surrounding Sulfuron Spire, this mob has a distinctive fiery and spiked shell that sets it apart from the other turtles. He's fairly easy to tame, even at lower levels--get some fire resistance though to negate Ódio Ardente.

Fun fact: terrapins are a species of turtle native to coastal swamps. Fiery lava isn't exactly a swamp, but thats a neat reference anyway.

Thartuk is a two-headed gronn that likes to stroll Northern Hyjal around Nordrassil. You can't miss him because of his fiery Esbordoador do Gladiador. He's very easy to kill and while his loot is not as high ilvl as Blazewing's is, the leather agility gloves are still very nice for leveling.

An action-packed end-zone, Twilight Highlands has some rares for everyone--hunter pets, world bosses, funny BoEs. All these rares, save for the world boss, share a fairly frequent spawn timer.

Karoma, a spirit beast resembling a spectral ghost wolf, can spawn in six places in southern Twilight Highlands. While the zone does use phasing, you can see this pet regardless of your quest progress. For those hunters who didn't stack haste and tame Ancient Grimtotem Spirit Guide before it was fixed, here's your chance to tame an identical beast!

One of the strangest-looking NPCs, Julak-Doom appears to be an abomination with a mess of tentacles stuck on his head. He patrols northernmost Twilight Highlands to the east of the Maw of Madness. He drops a nice epic dagger, an additional BoE epic, and a rare pattern.

He was tough to defeat in his previous 40-player version, but he can be 5-manned rather easily now, with recent reports of heroic-geared players duoing him. The trick to this encounter is breaking the mind controls resulting from Sussurros Sombrios and kiting Julak through Sopro Negro.

Overlord Sunderfury has a sense of humor; his name comes from Tormentária, Lâmina Sagrada do Perseguidor dos Ventos but he's not nearly as intimidating. He spawns on top of the Eye of Vision needed for Visão do Crepúsculo in central Twilight Highlands. You can easily solo this rare; interrupting Estouro de Magma can help. He's guaranteed to drop his alliterative cloth pants--while there are similar options from Justice Points, these can still fetch a decent price on the AH.

Sambas is a regal tamable lion, found in various places in northern Twilight Highlands. He looks like Simba from The Lion King--and his name is a play on the meaning of the word too. This distinctive mount shares a model with Rédeas do Rei Dourado, an Alliance mount for earning Nível de guilda 25. Again, phasing doesn't matter for tracking this rare spawn.

Tarvus the Vile is a strange purple dragonkin, sometimes mistaken for a kobold. He spawns in a southern cave to the west of the Obisidian Forest. Players can fly into this cave, which also happens to be a great location for elementium and pyrite nodes. While there are BoE ilvl 359 boots, his guaranteed leather spirit boots aren't a bad starter option.

Akma'hat, a world boss, is guaranteed to drop the Belt of a Thousand Gaping Mouths in addition to another BoE epic and a recipe. He's located in central Uldum by the Obelisk of the Sun and the Ruins of Ammon. An impressive-looking Tol'vir colossus clad in gold and jewels, he can be killed by simply a party in 4.2. Run away from harmful patches during Fúria das Areias, nuke down the Manto de Pedra shield, run away from Onda de Choque, dispel Areias do Tempo--and you've triumphed over a minor god!

Armagedillo, a metallic armadillo that sadly cannot be tamed, has got one of the best-named abilities in the game: Dillogedom. This mecho-dillo is found just south of Orsis and doesn't patrol very far at all. The resulting weapon looks very intimidating, especially for an ilvl 346 one! Too bad it's not an actual tail, but many spikes can solve everything.

Cyrus the Black a winged Nefeset guardian, drops a decent mail intellect belt and can easily be soloed as an level 85. He spawns in the oasis around Lost City, so you'll run into him a few times while looking for the Mysterious Camel Figurine.

Madexx, a brilliant scorpid, roams around northern Uldum to the east of the Obelisk of the Moon. He's the Horde equivalent of Sambas--he shares the same model as Aniquilador Kor'kron, a reward for achieving Nível de guilda 25. He's on a fast respawn and can appear in one of five colors--red, green, back, blue, brown--each on their own IDs, so dedicated hunters can try finding several colors.

While it's nice to run across those other rares in Uldum, we all know you're secretly wishing to find one of these figurines, and then hoping it ports you to Dormus, o Colecionador de Camelos. These figurines are scattered around Uldum, generally where camels are found. They're tiny and hard to see, plus NPCscan sometimes doesn't pick them up. To top it off, generally you find a dud figurine. But if you get lucky, you can get ported to Domus in The Steam Pools, who drops the Grey Camel after a very easy fight. You'll get the Feat of Strength Operação pente fino no deserto and the title "the Camel-Hoarder" as a result. It's truly like finding a tan needle in a tan haystack--happy hunting!

The Molten Front is an exciting new zone in 4.2, full of dailies, lore, adventure, and danger. It's also the location of seven new rares for hunters to tame, each with their own unique trick. When we presented the original batch, many of you weren't impressed by the models. While the two later rares are quite shiny and distinct, the real thrill in collecting these rares will come from devising a clever taming strategy, not the actual stabled pet.

Anthriss (Hunter Tame)

Anthriss, a hostile yellow fire spider, is found by the Magma Springs. Anthriss has the buff Teias Abrasadoras which melts while in lava--so you'll have to stand in the nearby lava to get Mestre das Teias while taming it.

Deth'tilac (Hunter Tame)

Deth'tilac, a hostile purple spider, is located behind the Forlorn Spire. Deth'tilac has the buff Vontade Derretida, making it immune to being tamed unless it's at low health. Easier said than done; Deth'tilac has 38,745,000 health on the PTR and uses Metal de Deth which increases movement speed when not attacked and Aura de Deth'sespero which reduces healing by 99%. It also uses Golpe de Deth which kills a player but also reduces maximum health by 10%.

Karkin (Hunter Tame)

Karkin spawns in Fireplume Peak--you'll reach him by jumping off Skitterflame's Ledge. He is a crab with a shiny metallic skin that casts a frontal fire attack from range. Again, you will have to jump between floating rocks to get in range to tame Karkin, but not too close or else you’ll be attacked.

Kirix (Hunter Tame)

Kirix, a hostile green lava spider, is located in the Furnace. Kirix hits extremely hard and is buffed with Presença Tóxica which deals AOE nature damage and additional damage to pets and minions.

Skarr (Hunter Tame)

Skarr is a gorgeous black cat with glowing eyes who is also located on various floating rocks in Fireplume Peak. He starts off hitting weak, but hits harder over time. The trick is to tame him from another floating island--you will need to be good at jumping as flying mounts are not allowed on the Molten Front. We can't stress enough how awesome this model is; there's nothing quite like it that you could tame before.

Skitterflame (Hunter Tame)

Skitterflame, a hostile red lava spider, is located at Fireplume Peak. He starts off with a full energy bar and the buff Superaquecido, making him immune to being tamed. Frost and ice traps will lower its energy with Resfriando, allowing you to tame it at low energy. However, if Skitterflame's energy goes down to 0, it will die, due to Frenesi Queimante. Lava will refresh its energy bar.

Solix (Hunter Tame)

Solix, a hostile orange spider, is located in the Rune Cave in the Ignacious Depths. Solix is buffed with Explosão de Velocidade, which makes it immune to being tamed. It also has Clarão de Fogo, increasing its attack and movement speed by 1000%, making short work of unsuspecting players. You will need to stun Solix in order to tame it; having the quest Resistindo ao calor can help because you can gain a protective fire buff.

Achievements

Dedicated achievement collectors will try to snag the following achievements: Extinção Instantânea/Extinção Brutal in Outlands and No Fim do Mundo/Raro não... Extinto! in Northrend. View these achievements as training for finding even rarer mobs--most of these mobs can spawn a few hours after a server reset, but some even sooner. The Outlands achievements, at least, shouldn't be too bad to do because the zones are deserted; but good luck if you're trying to find Vyragosa on a PvP server.

All of the following mobs drop a rare BoE with random stats that's named after them.

Blade's Edge Mountains

Hemathion is a black dragon found by Ogri'la, a subzone only accessible with flying.

Orador Mar'grom is an ogre with a distinctive staff located in all of the zone's ogre encampments.

Hellfire Peninsula

Engole-tudo is a worm that can spawn where other burrowing worms are found. You can tell when he's about to spawn because his pebbles will be deep red instead of white (like the regular worms) and fly higher into the air. Still, this is a tricky rare to find.

Shadowmoon Valley

Collidus, o Observador Dimensional is a disturbing floating eyeball that can either be found patrolling the northern ledge, the southern ledge by Dragonmaw Fortress, or in the center by The Deathforge.

Tece-Terror, a tamable spider with a nondescript brown skin, spawns in several areas in the northern part of the zone.

Classic Instances

In vanilla, dungeons came with their unique sets of rare mobs that added to the flavor of the zone. With the dungeon revamps in Cataclysm, these rare mobs are still around and it seems like their spawn chances are higher now. We've highlighted the rare mobs that drop fun vanity items or exceptional items--most drop well-itemized blues but with heirlooms and improved leveling options, most of these options will be replaced quickly.

Ghok Surrabem is good at bashing in skulls, if Tequebro and Clavabam are any indication. He's located at the top of the ramp next to Halcyon's Den and likes to lay down on the assorted floormats.

Everyone used to be excited when Jed Mirarruna spawned, but sadly his rares are obsolete thanks to heirlooms--Junco Rosabrava was a powerful caster trinket in vanilla. Escalavrador Sinuoso is still a great option for leveling casters. He's located in the main hall after The Rookery, immediately before you jump down to fight in the Hall of Blackhand.

The Graveyard Wing has three rare spawns that can drop some great twink gear. If you don't see them upon reaching the Graveyard, kill straggler mobs which can force them to spawn. These rares can spawn by the two small tombs on the left and right of the main path, as well as inside the main tomb.

One of everyone's favorite rares, Cantalar Forresten is a cheerful minstrel whose personality shines through even in undeath. You'll find him by entering Stratholme from the Living side, looking for his three spawn points in Festival Lane or Market Row. His most famous item is the Flautim do Fogo Flamejante, a trinket that causes everyone nearby to break out into dance, but his other items are funny too: the skimpy Tanga do Menestrel Saracoteante, neon Cinturão do Arco-íris, and unluckily-itemized Blusa Ornicanto, also notable for being a piece of armor that resembles a tailoring shirt.

Meshloc, o Ceifador, an elemental near Poison Falls, drops Bacinete Brotoflorido which used to be a great twink item until the stats were reallocated. Also drops a nice chest and cape that can be replaced with heirlooms now.

Assombração de Poeira, a troll rogue, can spawn near most any boss. His signature item is the off-hand Cajado do Nômade do Deserto, which is not just any off-hand. It's absurdly large and unlike other offhands, does not vanish outside of combat; it remains on your back.

Hunter Rares

In addition to the 10 new tames introduced in 4.2, there's numerous rare mobs to be tamed in Azeroth. We guarantee there's the perfect pet out there to suit both your practical and vanity needs. We'll highlight the remaining rare tames with unique skins, but be sure to check out Petopia for a complete list of everything you can tame, from color-changing pets to summoned quest mobs.

The following exotic pets are only tamable by hunters who have specced into Feras Exóticas. If you dual-spec out of this talent tree, you will keep your stabled pets but will not be able to use them.

Chimaeras

Malifatius is a golden-green rare found to the west of Gallywix's Pleasure Palace in Azshara.

Nuramoc, needed for an achievement, can be located along several island ridges in Netherstorm.

A Razia, formerly besting champions in Dire Maul's arena, has since moved to southeast Feralas. It's a two-headed icy-blue pet with dark blue accents.

Devilsaurs

As covered earlier, King Krush is a rare devilsaur found in Sholazar Basin.

Shale Spider

As covered in our Deepholm section, Jadefang is both sought-after as a hunter tame and for its rare pet.

Wolves

Zone Rares

We lied when we said we wouldn't feature some rares that drop greens. We're not going to feature all of them by any means, but there are a few rares that just stand out for adding to the flavor of a particular zone, whether silly or serious. These mobs grant a ton of additional experience but sometimes it's more fun to leave them up for atmosphere. Descriptions don't do these spawns justice--check out our user-submitted screenshot gallery for each of these mobs.

Duggan Martelo Feroz, by the Crown Guard Tower, finds himself in a bit of a predicament. As he explains, upon reaching the Plaguelands: " An' when he did arrive there, what'd his dwarf eyes see? / A hundred crates of barley there ta' be makin' inta' mead! / But tha' mead was cursed with th' plague o' death, and now old Duggan, too. / An' surrounded by the Lich King's beasts, what could old Duggan do? / But though I feel the plague within, my hopes 'ave not yet sunk. / If'n I'm gonna be Scourge anyway, I might as well be drunk!"

Rares like Duque Rasgafúria found riding around Stratholme and the Plaguelands are named after WC3 DKs.

Lynnia Abbendis, a retconned relative of High General Abbendis, a major figure in Wrath lore, has met the worst possible fate of the Scarlet Crusade--undeath.

If you have a heart, you won't kill Caça-morte Falcolança: he's neutral and runs away when you try to fight. His final words are haunting: "You choose my corpse over another ally against the undead? So be it."

Nal'taszar flies around the haunted Ruins of Eldareth in Stonetalon Mountains. It's a perfect location because of the nearby Highborne spirits--sprite darters are found all over Feralas near Dire Maul.

Risadinha, another reference to the Lion King, is a good partner for Sambas. He's found in northern Desolace.

The Arena in Dire Maul used to feature a rare spawn every 8 hours--it was one of the first encounters to feature rare spawns. Players would rush outside, once they heard the yell, to kill this mob for several blues, including the Orbe do Logro. These mobs have since been spread around Feralas.

Fantasma de Varo'then was a loyal general of Azshara and helped lead the Highborne to safety in the sea during the War of the Ancients, before Malfurion killed him. Lady Sesspira, a former Highborne, respawns near-instantly; she's good at keeping you company.

Comentários

Comentado por Powdercake

Why does Blackrock Mountain have its own tab? Is it a continent now? Haha

Seriously, though. Why?

Comentado por Adamsm

on 2011-07-04T23:00:54-05:00

Why does Blackrock Mountain have its own tab? Is it a continent now? Haha

Seriously, though. Why?

Because there is a rare outside of BRD?

Comentado por Galfario

on 2011-07-05T21:58:36-05:00

Very nice guide Ashelia.

I use it for tame beast.

Gracias.

Comentado por perculia

on 2011-07-06T07:59:24-05:00

Because that area has a large amount of rares and the EK tab would be excessively long if we dumped it all together.

This seems to be a very strange thing to be bothered by.

Comentado por Alterraia

on 2011-07-08T05:39:05-05:00

Your information on the Mysterious Camel Figurine is incorrect. The figurines have no relation to camels other than they are the same model. They don't spawn near camels. Actually, only 2 of them are sorta near where camels are found. Figurines tend to be near stuff, like ruins, or questing areas, or in areas where there's high traffic (as in you fly through there to get from point A to point B). Think of them more as, figurines that are at ruins, or the npcs found them while digging and have them nearby in their pile of artifacts (2 or 3 spawn near the Schnottz dig sites, 2 near the Northwestern Oasis, where there's a questing hub. The camels are more south. There is an actual camel near the GY where one spawns, but the GY is the landmark, not an area for camels). The ONLY real concentrated area for camels is on the western border of Uldum, north of the Schnottz digsites, and south of the Oasis. So think of figurines this way: They're at ruins which are inhabited by some sort of bad guy, they're "found" by the npcs and the npcs don't know what they are, so have them in their piles or carts of stuff, or they're just in some random spot near a tree or on a rock in the desert, with no real landmarks. Also, they seem to spawn ON THE HOUR. In my week grind of obtaining my camel, EVERY figurine I found was ON THE HOUR or a few minutes after because I was elsewhere in the zone, on my patrolling route. This is about 10-12 consecutive finds.

Also, what you didn't mention about the rares of Northrend or Outland, is that the Outland rares are on a global cooldown / spawn timer. Same goes for the Northrend rares. I've completed Frostbitten and Bloody Rare TWICE, so I have plenty of experience in this. Not many really hand in Outland, so you have a good chance of finding rares. I did a lap from Shadowmoon Valley, Terrokar, Nagrand, Zangar, BEM, Netherstorm, then Hellfire, & back to Shadowmoon. In that route, I covered each patrol area where the rares could be. I found about half of them. I decided to do a second route and only skip the rares I killed, and sure enough as I completed the 2nd route, I killed all but 2 of the ones I was missing. Friend of mine killed one of the two before I started, and the other was just killed. Either way, I had to wait the full 6-8 hours before I saw any of them spawn again, and I had to go through and kill other rares just to get the two I needed to spawn.

I don't know the number, but there can only be x amount of rares up in a zone (zone being all of Outland), at once. If one is killed, another random one in that zone, can spawn. I did this once on my main, and then on my ex's toon. But, once you kill them all, you won't see another for a while, because they all have their chance to respawn timer (the commonly accepted 6-8 hours). In short, killing one rare can trigger the spawn of another in that zone, and again, when I say zone, I mean Outland.

This was much harder to test in Northrend, but I did have a number of occurrences where I found it to be similar behavior as that of Outland Rares. I farmed the elusive TLPD for a long time. I was dual boxing and had my alt in storm peaks (bor's breath), while my main was in Dalaran. The giant in Icecrown spawned, and triggered my mod from Dalaran. I went and killed him. I decided to go fly around Storm Peaks, and sure enough, not 5 minutes later, Vyragosa was flying down the mountain top (near the alliance dwarf town), from her spawn point, towards the heavily camped Bor's Breath. In my initial farm of Frostbitten, I did 2 or 3 laps, and I must have been lucky, but I killed half of the rares I needed in the 3 laps. I just had to check the areas I already checked to see if another rare spawned as a result of the death of another. The only difficult rares were the 3 in Sholazar, because that zone is high traffic, due to herb farmers and miners, as well as hunters looking to tame those rare beasts. My Aotona kill was the hardest because I had to kill an alliance gold farmer (possible bot), who had tagged the rare, before I could actually kill the rare myself.

This info is very useful, because it comes from someone who has completed the achievements, twice (and not at the same time). One on Daphnes from Perenolde and the 2nd time on Poedilema from Eitrigg (I think that's the realm, but there is only one Poedilema who's 85 and is or was end game raiding). And, I've farmed all 4 rare spawn mounts, and have them, you can check on my wowhead profile.

So, if you're going to write a "guide", please make sure ALL of your information on rare farming is accurate and complete. Coming from someone who has done all of this, and has the evidence to back up and support their theories/claims/statements, it seems as though you're putting up information that is already easily obtainable, but really trying to flash your 129 mounts and get your e-peen stroked.

Please fix the info on the Mysterious Camel Figurine so it's more accurate and reflects the data of those who have already acquired this item.

Edit: Also, I don't believe you were camping Aotona for 72 hours straight. In the two times I've farmed for her and killed her, she spawned within a 24 hour time period. So, you had to have missed her and not EVERYONE was giving you accurate information. Someone of the opposing faction could have killed her and that was that. If you had "helpers", they may have had her cached due to seeing a hunter pet. I've actually camped Aeonaxx for 72+ hours. Had over 12 cans of soda, was shaking, and half nodding off. There was no data on this rare yet because it was December 7th, and I even had a friend come over to watch a movie, and occasionally hit spacebar just so I could take a 3 hour nap and not miss the spawn. But Aeonaxx is an actual rare, rare, vs Aotona is just on a global spawn timer shared between the other Northrend Rares. Sadly, I didn't get Aeonaxx till 2 months later, because I had just missed him when I got to Deepholm. Another guy found him, didn't know what he was, and dismounted him because it was slowing down his questing.

The guide would be more of a guide, if there was less of the "look at my toon" story at the beginning. The story is distracting, and if you're going to post an intro about a rare farming character, at least have something to show for it. All I saw was a player who raids and has an okay collection of mounts (both players I mean). You gotta be in the 150-160 club to really show for farming, and even at that point, raiding & WoWTCG mounts are all that's really left.

Comentado por Ashelia

on 2011-07-08T13:56:03-05:00

So, if you're going to write a "guide", please make sure ALL of your information on rare farming is accurate and complete. Coming from someone who has done all of this, and has the evidence to back up and support their theories/claims/statements, it seems as though you're putting up information that is already easily obtainable, but really trying to flash your 129 mounts and get your e-peen stroked.

Please fix the info on the Mysterious Camel Figurine so it's more accurate and reflects the data of those who have already acquired this item.

Edit: Also, I don't believe you were camping Aotona for 72 hours straight. In the two times I've farmed for her and killed her, she spawned within a 24 hour time period. So, you had to have missed her and not EVERYONE was giving you accurate information. Someone of the opposing faction could have killed her and that was that. If you had "helpers", they may have had her cached due to seeing a hunter pet. I've actually camped Aeonaxx for 72+ hours. Had over 12 cans of soda, was shaking, and half nodding off. There was no data on this rare yet because it was December 7th, and I even had a friend come over to watch a movie, and occasionally hit spacebar just so I could take a 3 hour nap and not miss the spawn. But Aeonaxx is an actual rare, rare, vs Aotona is just on a global spawn timer shared between the other Northrend Rares. Sadly, I didn't get Aeonaxx till 2 months later, because I had just missed him when I got to Deepholm. Another guy found him, didn't know what he was, and dismounted him because it was slowing down his questing.

The guide would be more of a guide, if there was less of the "look at my toon" story at the beginning. The story is distracting, and if you're going to post an intro about a rare farming character, at least have something to show for it. All I saw was a player who raids and has an okay collection of mounts (both players I mean). You gotta be in the 150-160 club to really show for farming, and even at that point, raiding & WoWTCG mounts are all that's really left.

I'm feeling like you're the one flashing your epeen here, with actual numbers about the amount of mounts needed to be in a club of elite mount collectors. That wasn't what this guide was about at all! The introduction is a humorous look at how much we love rares in general--it isn't about mounts or pets at all. Rares are a lot more than a mount to learn for a club.

Regarding the Camel: I have about 7 dust, and none of my finds have been on the hour that I remember. So to say that your information is verified is incorrect. This is why we didn't include specific things like this, as they are sometimes misleading and it can be easy to buy into a theory and then find out that it didn't lead you to your goal. I only remember three of my spawns, because I wrote them on a post-it, but one was 12:43 AM; another 1:30PM; and another 4:11AM.

This info is very useful, because it comes from someone who has completed the achievements, twice (and not at the same time).

Both of us have completed the achievements and not at the same time as well so I guess it's the same as you. It's a cool achievement, congratulations for having it =)

P.S. Perc does have like 153 mounts, so I guess she's "in your club." I personally don't collect mounts.

Comentado por OverZealous

on 2011-07-08T14:13:27-05:00

Also, I don't believe you were camping Aotona for 72 hours straight. In the two times I've farmed for her and killed her, she spawned within a 24 hour time period. So, you had to have missed her and not EVERYONE was giving you accurate information. Someone of the opposing faction could have killed her and that was that. If you had "helpers", they may have had her cached due to seeing a hunter pet. I've actually camped Aeonaxx for 72+ hours. Had over 12 cans of soda, was shaking, and half nodding off. There was no data on this rare yet because it was December 7th

Right, so, we're supposed to not believe that they (whoever it was) camped Aotona for 72 hours, but we're supposed to believe that you camped Aeonaxx for 72+ hours because you tell us you had soda? Not really.

Also; I would like to know who decides how many rares you need to have to be "In the club".

Comentado por Alterraia

on 2011-07-08T15:18:21-05:00

Right, so, we're supposed to not believe that they (whoever it was) camped Aotona for 72 hours, but we're supposed to believe that you camped Aeonaxx for 72+ hours because you tell us you had soda? Not really.

I believe I said (or meant) it as, camped that rare for that long w/o seeing it spawn. The Northrend Rares, excluding TLPD, are up once a day, or at the latest, maybe once every 2 days. But, none of the rares had that long of a spawn timer.

The area where she spawns is a heavily farmed area for borean leather, and the despawn timer of rares is rather quick. It is possible that you missed her while out there. I missed King Krush when I was out there on patrol just for him. Only, he was skinned too, and the player showed me the loot as proof. Either way though, there would have been a spawn, at least one, within 72 hours.

Comentado por perculia

on 2011-07-10T16:49:41-05:00

"it seems as though you're putting up information that is already easily obtainable, but really trying to flash your 129 mounts and get your e-peen stroked."

First off, I have 152 as an Alliance non-paladin (qq 5 mounts) and I am lazy with regards to stuff like the Vial of the Sands. With the nifty new armory feature, you can verify this, even though it has hardly anything to do with describing rares in Blackrock Depths or hunter tames. This is a guide about rare mobs where most of the pictures are modelviewer shots and only a handful of rares are actually related to mounts. I had to take pictures of mounts for the mount guide because, well, it's about mounts...

If you are referring to Ashelia, she has none of the rare mounts covered in the Bloody Rare guide so I don't see how she'd be epeening over stuff she doesn't have.I don't think it is a fruitful debate to compare a handful of experiences (your 2, Ashelia's, and mine) with regard to rares because it's still a fraction of the playerbase's experiences. Just like theorycrafting, you can't take one observation/log and build a solid theory around it without extensive testing.

I also think it's neat when the Wowhead staff posts about their interest in the game, instead of coming across as impersonal. We're players with interests just like you.

Comentado por Atratzu

on 2011-07-10T20:44:22-05:00

Glad to see the Nuramoc got some credit in your guide. Good job with the whole guide. I've spent a fair deal of camping npc's too... I'm happy to say now I just tame if I feel like it, no longer camping for want of an NPC skin. :)

Comentado por sfangcleaveftw

on 2011-08-19T22:40:23-05:00

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but under the Mysterious Camel Figurine section, it says 'Domus the Camel Hoarder', not 'Dormus the Camel Hoarder'